| Sumario: | The article presents news briefs concerning education. Professor Clyde M. Campbell of Michigan State University disputes the major findings of the study by Christopher Jencks and his associates at the Harvard Center for Educational Policy Research. An article in the "Drug Abuse News for Educators" states that suicide rate for 10- to 19-year-old males has increased in Los Angeles County, California. A survey showed that better schools are the main reason Americans are leaving inner cities for the suburbs. The Jamaica Plains High School of the Boston Public Schools has launched the "Law and society: A developmental approach," a pilot program designed to make the study of law and its moral implications relevant to the lives of teenagers. Primary and elementary schools in Pasadena, California are offering alternative settings for learning.
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